We understand the need for more than just successful hackathons. Projects that are conceived and created at Random Hacks of Kindness events need to be sustained and supported all the way through to real world impact and deployment. RHoK is moving in this direction and the first step is to launch the first prototypes of two sustainability partnerships that will provide incubation and mentorship to high potential RHoK projects.
These partnerships, led by Geeks Without Bounds and SocialCoding4Good, a Benetech initiative, will be selecting four to seven projects that apply from RHoK events around the world during the first weekend of June. Each partnership provides an exciting foundation for these project teams to continue beyond the hackathon weekend, with the expertise, guidance, and knowledge of two established organizations building technology for social good.
- Deadline: June 10th
- Submission Site: www.rhok.org/SustainabilityPartnership
- Requirements:
- Five-minute video detailing your project, your team, and why you believe they would benefit most from SocialCoding4Good or Geeks Without Bounds Acceleration.
- Code and related work available publicly and with an open source license.
- Solution page created and complete on RHoK.org.
- Three Projects + One Backup (Topic Area: Humanitarian Projects)
- Six Months of Mentorship
- July & August: Responsibility & Relevance. Kate Chapman (OpenStreetMaps), Sara Farmer (formerly of Global Pulse).
- August & September: Data Retention & Privacy, Technical Execution. Eva Galperin (EFF), Riley Eller (Ghetto Hackers).
- October: Business development, legal framework, funding sources. Kav Latiolais (Startup Weekend facilitator and partner at LIFFFT), John Higgins (Tropo), Joshua Furman (Furman Law).
- November: Funding, venture capital, sponsorships, grants. John Higgins.
- Ongoing visibility and relationship building through GWoB.
- Future iterations of the GWoB incubator (and potentially later in this round) will include project management, accounting assistance, grant writing guidance, and scenario testing.
- One to Three Projects focused on our Key Issue Areas of Data Applications for Human Rights or Accessibility in Education: Supporting Students with Disabilities (though other projects may be invited to apply)
- Six Months of Mentorship
- Technical development leadership and project maintenance.
- Mentoring on application and organizational sustainability.
- Information on, and appropriate introductions to, organizations which could eventually fund, acquire, or otherwise sponsor the project.
- For projects in Key Topic Areas, the prospect of working and deploying with a team whose applications are already in use by more than 200,000 people worldwide.
- Ongoing visibility and community building through SocialCoding4Good and its Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software and Corporate Social Responsibility Partners.